The Economist: Crime has become a deadly trap for Kremlin troops

US President Joe Biden has yet to lift his ban to hit targets elsewhere in Russia. What Ukraine could have accomplished if it did not have to fight with her hand tied behind her back, testified to the effectiveness of its crime campaign, telegraphy broadcast.

According to Ben Hodges, former commander of American forces in Europe and a senior adviser to NATO for logistics, Ukrainians are “systematically in the process of making Ukraine uninhabitable for Russian forces”.

The Economist stresses that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has invested large sums of money in military infrastructure in Crime and is now under threat.

The United Kingdom Strateg, Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, says that Crime is a weak spot for Russia it has much to protect there, so this is the best “way for Ukraine to put real pressure on Putin in order to issue concessions in the future”.

Nico Lange, former German Defence Ministry adviser, agrees with the thoughts of Freedman, stressing that the Crimea is Russia's most vital <x0); but it is also very vulnerable”.

The Economist stresses that Ukraine is trying to make the Crime an obligation for Putin, not a fortune. The goal is to isolate the peninsula, its <x0mbyt” as a logistical centre, and thus evacuate Russian air and sea forces from southern Ukraine.

Ukraine has already demonstrated the ability of Franco-britanic missiles Storm Shadow/ SCALP, as well as its naval fears, to target Russian warships, particularly the large Rofalha ships, which are used as ships and most of which have been destroyed.